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Having problems with your Dell XPS M1530 Laptop ?

XP safe mode problems

\015 I have vista and xp (dualboot).\015\012vista works fine (default os)\015\012xp has no advanced boot options :(\015\012i cannot get into safe mode (i tried the F8...)\015\012\015\012i need to get into windows to activate the admiistrator account...sigh\015

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You could try editing the boot.ini to switch the vista install and xp install.

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